You dudes had excellent energy and chemistry during this stream. I would honestly like to see more of it this way rather than the Murder Island format which feels a little too formal. Jeff does so well in the second chair, always reminds me of the Bombcast 1.0 format.
This is a really good game and I should jump back in. Haven't been playing much after hitting level 50. I was trying to get a win with the last of the 8 legends (Gibraltar...) and had about 20 games in a row with shit squadmates, wherein we would get absolutely rocked by players with 1,100 kills per legend. Just went back to Titanfall 2 and started wrecking as if it was 2017 again, haha. But you guys reminded me this can be good, balanced fun sometimes!
Please keep going! I really enjoy Abby's enthusiasm for RE2 and how genuinely freaked out everyone gets while playing. The best is certainly yet to come.... Fantastic game, and I'm partial to Claire's arc anyway.
I was initially quite excited for this, then got real grumpy when I realized it was essentially replacing Titanfall, a series that boasted much more novel and exciting core mechanics that allowed Respawn to distinguish themselves from the competition.
Then I just decided that Titanfall 2 is a hell of a swan song (and hey, you never know) and that Apex Legends is actually a pretty great one-of-those. For as simplistic as some of these hero builds seem, I can't tell you how pivotal it was to pop smoke as Bangalore when sprinting toward a respawn point with two of my teammates' tags in my pocket, or how I lured opponents into a close-range fight with Gibraltar's dome shield and finished them with a shotgun. The only thing I worry about is how integral squad communication is with some of the abilities (like Wraith's "voices" of nearby hostile players, which only you can hear), and how patient players will have to be during the waiting period between being killed and being possibly brought back in (definitely agree with Ben on this).
This game feels great, the map is the best Battle Royale map yet, and even a second place finish felt very tense and satisfying. Guess I should just enjoy it (and rage on occasion, but mostly enjoy).
2D Gex on the 3DO was my first video game experience, and I've been recovering ever since. Ben, I never want you to stop playing these rental disasters but I worry for your health if you continue.
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